galliard

or gail·lard

[ gal-yerd ]

noun
  1. a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of galliard

1
1525–35; <Middle French gaillard, noun use of adj.: lively, vigorous (>Middle English gaillard,late Middle English galyarde), probably <Gallo-Romance *galia<Celtic (compare MIr gal warlike ardor, valor); see -ard

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galliard

/ (ˈɡæljəd) /


noun
  1. a spirited dance in triple time for two persons, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries

  2. a piece of music composed for this dance

adjective
  1. archaic lively; spirited

Origin of galliard

1
C14: from Old French gaillard valiant, perhaps of Celtic origin

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